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Flight Safety Foundation

Welcome to the blog of the Flight Safety Foundation. The Foundation is always up to something and here is a great place to see what we are doing.

All the FSF directors and the CEO will be blogging. so come by often to keep up!

Is it safe to fly while the FAA is partially shut down?

Bill Voss answers your question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-p7fiuDSHA

 

posted August 4, 2011

Asiana tragedy

"Anytime a plane goes down with a reported fire in the cargo hold, one of the first things we need to know is what was in the cargo hold and how was it being transported. This will be a key part of this investigation and probably some of the first questions asked. We’ve learned a lot about safely transporting hazardous materials over the decades but obviously there is still much to learn."

 

Some Points on the incident at Reagan National from Bill Voss

·         The incident at Reagan National was very unusual.    It didn’t create much of a real safety threat, but it does point out some things that may need to

Tragic regularity

There’s a reason why Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) is considered one of the leading killers in aviation. These accidents happen with tragic regularity. The recently released report from the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), Russia’s investigative body for aviation accidents, demonstrates that the dreadful accident last April that killed the president of Poland along with his wife and many other political leaders was sadly a textbook example of a CFIT accident.

FSF Statement on Concorde Verdict

“The Concorde criminal verdict announced today in France is a disappointment, but the fact that this trial was even held is the real concern.

Bill in Russia at GASR meeting

Bill Voss returned this weekend from Russia where he had been attending the Global Aviation Safety Roadmap meeting in St. Petersburg. There were two main themes of the meeting. The first was on better monitoring of foreign aircraft in a manner consistent with the European SAFA program. Bill is pleased to note that there were real steps taken in the effort to counter flights taken by aircraft with purposely confusing ownership, operations and regulatory oversight as many of these aircraft are operating for shady operators for shady reasons.

Proposed fatigue rules....

We’re really excited about the proposed fatigue rules – this is one of the most significant improvements of safety we’ve seen in years. We’re also hugely disappointed that with the finish line in sight, all these efforts put in by safety experts could be tossed aside because of some hasty reactions, based on bargaining pressures and mistrust instead of the science and facts. People need to take time and read it through. Looking at any one requirement in isolation is a mistake. The pieces play together to make one of the most thoughtful fatigue rules in the world.

Bill's latest column

I sure hope you all read Bill's latest column in the current issue of ASW - here's the link to the piece. We'll wait for you to read it and come back...

http://flightsafety.org/asw/apr10/asw_apr10_p1.pdf

Done?

He didn't pull any punches on this one. Hope that the industry - operators and regulators - are paying attention to this one....

 

posted May 5 by Emily...

FSF and CAAC partner up...

This week in Montreal, Billl Voss and Capt. Wang Zhaoming, Director General of the Office of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Administration of China, met up to sign the memorandum of understanding that would formalize the agreement for the CAAC to translate AeroSafety World into Chinese each month. This version will be available on the FSF website. We've got a press release about this in the media section of the web page.

 

posted on March 30 by Emily

 

 

Opening panel got people talking...

As we expected, the opening panel kicked off EASS with a spirited discussion about presentations from Ken Quinn, FSF General Counsel, and Mike Ambrose, Director General of ERA. Both embraced the call for a multi-national accident investigation board in Europe. We've distributed a press release outlining their views - it will be posted on the FSF website soon. I think it is safe to say that this will be a topic of side conversations for the rest of the conference. Everyone in the room didn't agree with this idea.

posted by Emily, at EASS in Lisbon, March 16th.

EASS kicks off in Lisbon

The 22nd annual European Aviation Safety Seminar kicked off Monday evening in Lisbon, Portgual. About 200 people are here for the meeting and ready for the main event to start Tuesday as the opening session kicks off at 9am. Folks are in for a bit of a surprise as the normal welcoming remarks are being supplemented with an honest look at criminalization policy in Europe.

No time like the present as the Concorde trial rolls on in France and the various aviation authorities begin to consider this issue. We'll have more about this on the FSF homepage in a few hours...

Bill Voss on PBS/Frontline

CEO Bill Voss will be on Frontline tonight on PBS (WETA here in the DC area at 10pm). Check your local listings! Show is on regional airline safety. Should be interesting...

 

posted on 2/9

Concorde trial in France

The long-awaited Concorde trial has started in France. This is not something that the Foundation thinks is a very good idea. In fact, we've been talking for years about the threat that prosecutorial activity could have on aviation safety. Check out the Criminalization Resolution on the website - it's under the Archives and Resources button/Special Reports. Here's the direct link to make it even easier....

http://flightsafety.org/files/resolution_01-12-10.pdf

FSF in Italy

Last week the Flight Safety Foundation had several busy days in Rome….conferences, high profile meetings, TV interview, and promotion of the 63rd IASS, to be held in Milan later this year, were all on the agenda for Bill Voss and Susan Lausch.

Where in world is Bill Voss?

Bill has headed out on another one of his international trips taking him to every corner of the globe. Today he is in Italy. He just met with the Defense Minster there to talk safety issues and is on his way to the next meeting. I bet he is dining really well in Rome!

 

posted by Emily, January 21

Wayne Rosenkrans recognition

Around here, we are keenly aware of the editorial talents of our publications department. If AeroSafety World isn’t on your must-read list, it should be. We are always proud when these talents are recognized outside of FSF.

Meetings in the office

The Technical Standard Team for our newly launched Basic Aviation Risk Standard project met today. It's chaired by Nick Sabatini. Looks like it's in good hands. Impressive group in our conference room!

Emily - Dec 2, 2009

Update from China...

We're about halfway through the 62nd annual IASS and the reviews are great! Not sure of the final number of attendees at this point, because we had plenty of folks register on site, but the room is full. It's always great when we get to recognize accomplisments in aviation safety, and IASS is the setting for many of our annual awards. Check out the media center to read about these awards.

We're all finding the hospitality to be warm among our CAAC hosts and the staff of the Shangri-La. And finally the temperatures are rising outside to something more seasonable!

IASS Update - Wednesday morning...

The seminar continues along with more than 300 folks here. We had a number of people register on-site and that kept Namratha and Penny jumping all day yesterday. We all tried to pitch in and help! Plenty of interesting papers have been presented a discussed so far with two more days ahead of us.

On Monday, we had the FSF Board meeting. I'm very excited to announce that the Board fo Governors elected a new Chair, Lynn Brubaker. We all spent time with her on Monday and Tuesday and are ready to get to work with her! Check out the media center on the home page to read all about her.

IASS starts soon!

Unexpectedly, at least to me, there is a blizzard going in Beijing on the Sunday before IASS kicks off. Doesn't seem to be impacting arrivals as the hotel is starting to fill up. I'm starting to see some familiar faces in the lobby and hallways. They are forecasting at least 6 nches of snow today!

Emily from Beijing on Sunday...

Idaho Stateman Reports on Award to Ed Stimpson

This is a great story. Several FSF reps - Bill Voss and Board members Steve Atkins and Ken Quinn - traveled to Boise a couple of weeks ago to make the presentation of the FSF-Boeing Lifetime Achievement Award to Chairman Ed Stimpson. Here is the story in the Idaho Statesman. It really captures the day.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/life/story/948306.html

posted by Emily at 9:19 on Oct. 26

NBAA

 Just made a brief stop at the National Business Aviation Association annual meeting in Orlando and found the manufacturers in that sector to be unanimous in their belief that their industry's decline stopped earlier this year and that business is slowly picking up, with an emphasis on the word "slowly." More details in next months AeroSafety World magazine.

J.A. Donoghue

Honeywell, FedEx, FSF and Bendix

Each year, the Foundation recognizes technological and innovative achievements in aviation safety with the FSF-Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety. I'm on my way from Orlando following the annual Honeywell briefing at NBAA. We announced the recipients of the Bendix at this briefing - it went to five members of the Strategic Projects Team in the Air Operations Division at FedEx for a new fire detection and suppression system. Head over the media center on the homepage to read the details....

Emily - October 19, from the Orlando Airport ...

FSF in Boise

Bill Voss traveled to Boise, Idaho today with FSF Board members Ken Quinn (General Counsel) and Steve Atkins (of Boeing) to present the FSF-Boeing Lifetime Achievement Award to past Chairman Ed Stimpson. Ed and his wife Dottie welcomed this crew, along with aviation and civic dignitaries from Boise, to their home for the ceremony this morning. No one who works in aviation safety isn't touched by the work of Ed. He has been involved in so many safety efforts and gives his time so generously that it only made sense to recognize his achievements with this award.

FSF Blogging

I'm thrilled that our blog is now up and running! Between this and Twitter and Facebook, we have many ways to let you all know what we are thinking and doing. As we mentioned before, all the directors and the CEO will be blogging. Bill even gets credit for the first official entry on the blog!

Call to Action??

I am more than a little disturbed by the news report from Airline Transport Intelligence News below:

FAA today said 30 airlines failed to respond with written commitments to use best practices as part of a "Call To Action" scheme launched by administrator Randy Babbitt earlier this year. Babbitt's requests of carriers was driven by enhanced scrutiny of US airlines following the fatal crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 in February. During public hearings after the crash questions were raised about pilot fatigue and training at regional airlines.